Junk (Shinjuku Filth album) explained

Junk
Type:studio
Artist:Shinjuku Filth
Cover:Shinjuku Filth - Junk.jpg
Recorded:
Length:39:04
Label:Iridium
Chronology:Darrin Verhagen
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Prev Year:1995
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Next Year:1997

Junk is the debut studio album of Shinjuku Filth, released in 1995 by Iridium Records. On May 21, 1996 the album was reissued on Full Contact Records.[1] [2] [3]

Reception

Aiding & Abetting called Junk a "strident, brutal and ultimately beautiful work" and that "Shinjuku Filth has sonic construction (and reconstruction) down, and has ventured into a few previously unexplored territory here."[4] Jason Ankeny of AllMusic awarded the album three out of five stars and said "the music ranges from hard-body dance to more ambient soundscapes; the penultimate track is, of all things, a cover of the Split Enz chestnut "Log Cabin Fever." Sonic Boom said "part of the musical allurement is derived from the fact for once a band with extensive musical training is now experimenting with some of the more popular electronic musical styles and as an end result is advancing the genre beyond the tunnel vision sights of some of the other premier electronic club bands."[5]

Personnel

Adapted from the Junk liner notes.[6]

Black Lung

Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Australia1995IridiumCDP305
United States1996Full Contact9868-63225

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jason . Ankeny . [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000028542/biography|pure_url=yes}} Shinjuku Filth ]. . September 5, 2020.
  2. Becky . Barnhart . Schwann Spectrum . . Stereophile, Incorporated . 1996 . Winter 1996-1997 . 159 . 9781575980386 . September 5, 2020.
  3. Becky . Barnhart . Schwann Spectrum . . Stereophile, Incorporated . 2000 . 9 . 2 . 236 . 9781575980782 . September 5, 2020.
  4. Jon . Worley . Shinjuku Filth: Junk . Aiding & Abetting . October 7, 1996 . 120. September 5, 2020.
  5. Chris . Christian . Shinjuku Filth: Junk . Sonic Boom . May 1996 . 4 . 4 . August 25, 2020.
  6. Junk . Junk (Shinjuku Filth album) . . 1995 . booklet . Iridium Records . Glen Waverley, Victoria.